Blackout movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant blackout movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, captivating, tense, serious and tension films and TV shows about / with blackout, power outage, survival, apocalypse, isolation, violence, claustrophobia, urban, darkness and disaster plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
389
TOP 10 movies tagged as blackout: The Blackout (2014), Revolution (2012), Survival Family (2016), Leave the World Behind (2023), Blackout (2021), City of Ember (2008), Blackout (2007), Asylum Blackout (2011), Radioflash (2019), Flashforward (2009).
Best films
New films
| Nope (2022) | 6.8 | |
| Triangle of Sadness (2022) | 7.2 | |
| Nyctophobia (2024) | 2.6 | |
| In the Heights (2021) | 7.2 | |
| Smile 2 (2024) | 6.7 |
List of blackout movies
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An expecting couple, a survival expert and four teenagers deal with a global blackout and the disintegration of society around them. In their plight for survival, they must endure the worst of human behavior.
Style:
suspense, apocalyptic, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
blackout, survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, solar eclipse, white trash, student, fight, eclipse, human nature, fear ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Revolution focuses on the struggle to survive 15 years after a global blackout.
Style:
exciting, serious, apocalyptic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, fate of humanity, worldwide chaos, escapades, twists and turns, dictatorship, chaos and mayhem, chase, chaos, danger, nanotechnology ...
Time:
near future, 2010s, future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
america, north america, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A world wide electrical outage occurs. Everything that requires electricity comes to a stop. Tokyo is nearly ruined. Yoshiyuki Suzuki (Fumiyo Kohinata) decides to escape from Tokyo with his family.
Style:
road movie, humorous, light, psychological, feel good ...
Plot:
blackout, food shortage, japanese school, japanese teenager, parent child relationship, water shortage, countryside, hunger, soldier, japanese military, animal cruelty, apocalypse ...
Place:
tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, psychological, sinister ...
Plot:
blackout, catastrophe, chaos, crisis, anxiety, apocalypse, terror, vacation gone wrong, vacation, problem, civil war, social issues ...
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
On a cold November day, electricity fails all over Europe. Blackout. While the government and authorities struggle with the effects and with clarification, a former hacker comes into the focus of the investigators.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, tension ...
Plot:
hacker, blackout, investigation, computer cracker, darkness, european, hacking, crime investigation, suspicion, suspect, protagonist as suspect, fighting crime ...
Place:
germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, ...
Style:
exciting, dark fantasy, visually stunning, apocalyptic, visual ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, girls' night, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
steampunk, post apocalypse, save the day, danger, dystopia, uncover truth, survival, underground city, girl, underground, puzzle, ancient mystery ...
Time:
future, year 2008, 20th century, distant future
Is relevant?
641
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
BLACKOUT takes you inside the personal journey of what went down and what it was really like in Brooklyn, NY on August 14. It examines the nature of man to take advantage of his own fellow man outside of normal conditions, in times of weakness and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, disturbing ...
Plot:
society, chaos and mayhem, city life, interracial relations, blackout, lie, danger, violence, nypd, urban, stash, woman
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of cooks at an asylum for the criminally insane get locked in with the inmates during a massive thunderstorm
Style:
suspenseful, tense, rough, serious, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
blackout, mental institution, survival, isolation, trapped, psychopath, insanity, security guard, confinement indoors, danger, escapades, friendship ...
Time:
year 1989, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, washington state
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When a nuclear device causes an electromagnetic pulse that kills power to more than 200 million people, a teenage girl must help lead her family to survival in a dark new world.
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, thought provoking, epic, psychotronic ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, survival, post apocalypse, apocalypse, dystopian society, teenager, blackout, trick, darkness, female protagonist, doomsday, disaster ...
Time:
future
Place:
america, idaho, montana, ireland
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of their own future 6 months from the present. For some, the future is hopeful, while for others, it is unexpected. For a few, it doesn't seem to ...
Style:
suspenseful, mind bending, stylized, surreal, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
investigation, destiny, uncover truth, time loop, direction and purpose, paranormal activity, foreknowledge, premonition, supernatural, worldwide chaos, team, talented ...
Time:
2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Is relevant?
543
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A black comedy of violent criminals who terrorize apartment dwellers during New York's 1977 power blackout.
Style:
psychotronic, hood, independent film
Plot:
gang, blackout, home invasion, gangster, ghetto, isolation, exploitation, apartment building, criminal, murder, rape, canuxploitation ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
How tenuous is man's hold on civilization when survival becomes an issue? When the lights go out and stay out for several days, suburbanites Matthew and Annie learn the hard way that man is "by nature" a predatory creature. ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, bleak, action thriller ...
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, nudity, female nudity, suburbs, disaster, hot and sexy, dystopian future, neighbor, paranoia, chase, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 70s
Place:
california, los angeles
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the beautiful young "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying ...
Style:
scary, suspense, bad ending, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, witch, supernatural horror, autopsy, morgue, witchcraft, nudity, mutilation, corpse, dead woman, supernatural power, mysterious death ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2017
Place:
new england, salem massachusetts, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A crew of men who do the high-wire work of fixing the electrical grid are hit by a sudden deadly storm.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
electrician, electricity, heroism, storm, workplace situations, workplace problem, worker, man versus nature, human spirit, bravery, friendship, danger ...
Time:
year 1999, 2010s, 90s
Place:
texas
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A timid painter falls for a charming window arranger but his inexperience, her jealous boyfriend and her sudden disappearance pose romantic challenges.
Style:
romantic
Plot:
love triangle, father son relationship, jealousy, painter, painting, neighbor, drunkenness, bankruptcy, breakup, political persecution, coworker relationship, suicidal ...
Place:
europe, prague, czech republic
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Chad Buckley is a horror aficionado, and he's lonely. Chad spends his days at his struggling genre video store arguing with his only regular customer, Sam. When an unsuspecting applicant shows up, Chad begins to teach him about the rules of ...
Style:
anthology, horror comedy, funny, psychotronic, realistic ...
Plot:
woods, masked killer, satanist, serial killer, virus, pandemic, exploitation, paranormal activity, stabbed repeatedly, blackout, decapitation, killer ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Twin sisters Rose and Azalea and their friend Brooks find themselves trapped in a supernatural blackout in which monsters are real. Their only hope for survival comes from the light of their cellphone.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological horror, grim
Plot:
blackout, monster, darkness, supernatural, survival, claustrophobia, isolation, creature feature, twin sister, survival horror, escape, panic ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Five stories interwine into one. A blind man hovers above the city. Everything looks set for a perfectly normal evening in Reykjavík, until the the power goes off?
Style:
anthology, comedy drama, emotional, tension, existential ...
Plot:
blackout, darkness, hopes, crisis, bittersweet, blindness, labor, pregnancy, community, ghost, isolation, life lesson ...
Place:
iceland
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
700
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tungsten deals with the idea of electricity as a metaphor, the scenery is urban, and the plot is unfolded during a single day. One day in Athens, continuous outages, and a final blackout, caused by the strike of technicians at the electricity ...
Style:
tense, bleak, suspenseful, melancholic, existential ...
Plot:
urban, electricity, blackout, darkness, teenager, social commentary, moral ambiguity, strike, intimate, slice of life, claustrophobia, urban decay ...
Place:
athens greece, greece
Is relevant?
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Newlyweds Matthew and Rebecca realize their relationship is in trouble when their obsession with technology and social media causes them to lose out on their dream home. After a blackout in the city forces the couple to go without their electronic ...
Style:
romantic comedy, feel good, light hearted, independent film
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
connection, marriage, blackout, couples, social media, intimacy, newlyweds, modern life, intimate, urban, millennial, slice of life ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
oakland california, san francisco
Is relevant?
570
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
There is something going on in the small town of Backberga. The towns proud telecom company Unicom is just about to launch a new modern profile when they discover that there is something lurking in the outskirts of Backberga. An accident triggers a ...
Style:
heartfelt, comedy drama, lighthearted, romantic comedy, feel good
Plot:
blackout, small town, small town life, community, love story, slice of life, chaos, electric shock, corporation, infertility, satire, nordic ...
Place:
eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A series of worldwide blackouts cause millions of mysterious cosmic anomalies to appear everywhere across the planet. Some people are drawn into them with horrifying consequences.
Style:
anthology, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, survival, transformation, unknown, danger, supernatural power, destiny, youth, blackout, intrigue, isolation, paranormal ...
Time:
near future
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
5K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 261 min.
TV show
Story:
As widespread power outages cause chaos and threaten lives across the country, the COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Room) committee comprised of the UK’s leading experts and politicians, gathers to find a way to turn the lights back on.
Style:
political, captivating, tension, suspense, sensitive ...
Plot:
government, disaster, government agency, political unrest, government official, workplace situations, workplace, british government, politics, leadership, civil unrest, national security ...
Place:
london
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
111
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Stoner band mates escape Brooklyn after a mysterious blackout strikes, transforming everyone above ground into zombies. Hilarious complications arise
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, heroism, radiation, stranded, stoner, group of friends, music band, trapped, eaten alive, zombie, basement ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, USA, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a night of partying, Vicente is involved in a hit-and-run that kills a man. Vicente claims his innocence, but he was drunk and high. A tangled web of lies buries the truth, making a social scandal disappear — exonerating the real culprit, ...
Style:
tense, intense, suspense, atmospheric, moody ...
Plot:
hit and run, summer, corruption, cover up, scandal, false accusation, justice, coming of age, youth, guilt, social inequality, privilege ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013
Place:
chile, latin america
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
As bombs fall on London, writer Agatha Christie decides it is time to kill off her most famous creation.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, melancholic ...
Plot:
whodunit, world war two, murder, investigation, assassination plot, murder mystery, forensics, criminal, female writer, murder investigation, murderer, wartime ...
Time:
1940s
Is relevant?
107K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, lovecraft, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
underwater, creature, giant monster, monster, sea monster, animal attack, creature feature, water, cthulhu, ocean, earthquake, giant creature ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
pacific ocean
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
UYV School Students team up to investigate who caused the blackout during the final music auditions. Bia, Giulia, and Laura revisit their past to understand why they have broken their friendship.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, satirical, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
school, high school, female protagonist, teenage girl, female friendship, women, teenage life, music band, satire, musician's life, music, musician ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
As a solar storm unfolds, causing power surges and blackouts, a storm of emotions rages within Regina, a spinster referred to as Fräulein, when a childlike sexagenarian checks into her hotel. What should be one night becomes a stormy coexistence ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, entertaining, semi serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
loneliness, hotel, relationships, hotel owner, hotel guest, unlikely couple, chance meeting, male female relationship, changing lives, single woman, lifestyle change, isolation ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
At a summer house in Vermont, neighbor Howard falls in love with Lane, who's in a relationship with Peter, who's falling for Stephanie, who's married with children.
Style:
talky, independent film, emotional, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, adultery, friendship, couples, depression, unrequited love, dialogue, mother daughter relationship, love triangle, family relations, family problems, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, year 1987, 80s
Place:
usa, vermont
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
